HDInsight tool in Azure Toolkit for Eclipse is GA!

Today, we are pleased to announce that the HDInsight tool in Azure Toolkit for Eclipse is generally available. Since our GA announcement of HDInsight Tool for IntelliJ, we are maintaining our strong momentum to serve the open source community and expanding our support for Eclipse. The HDInsight Tool for Eclipse is part of the Azure Toolkit for Eclipse and will be of particular interest to HDInsight Spark developers. It is an open source project as part of Azure Toolkit for Eclipse, whose source code is available under the MIT License from the project's site at: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-tools-for-java.

The HDInsight Tool for Eclipse is intended to improve usability, boost productivity of Spark developers and enable you to enjoy native Scala and Java development experiences from Eclipse. For big data developers building Spark applications on HDInsight, it can sometimes be hard to get started building your first application, and the Spark application development lifecycle in IDE can be long and tedious. With this tool, you can get started with HDInsight Spark in just a few minutes and experienced Spark developers can iterate their development cycles faster and easier.

What features are supported in HDInsight Tool for Eclipse?

The HDInsight Tool for Eclipse extends Eclipse to allow you to create and develop HDInsight Spark applications and easily submit Spark jobs to Microsoft Azure HDInsight Spark clusters using the Eclipse development environment. It integrates seamlessly with Azure, enabling you to easily navigate HDInsight Spark clusters and to view associated Azure storage accounts. To further boost productivity, the HDInsight Tool for Eclipse also offers the capability to view Spark job history and display detailed job logs.

How do I get started?

You need to first install Eclipse and download the prerequisite files including Java SDK, Scala IDE for Eclipse and Microsoft HDInsight Spark Cluster, then get the latest bits by going to the Eclipse repository and searching “Azure Toolkit for Java”. Eclipse will also prompt you for the latest updates if you have previously installed the Azure Toolkit for Java plugin.